Get the JWS Payload into BinData

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Demonstrates Jws.GetPayloadBd, which writes the payload of a loaded JWS as raw bytes into a BinData.

Background. This is used when the payload is binary. In practice, validate the signature before trusting the payload.

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    success := false

    jws := chilkat.NewJws()

    //  Load the JWS compact serialization.
    jwsCompact := "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29udGVudCB0byBzaWduLg.<signature>"
    success = jws.LoadJws(jwsCompact)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(jws.LastErrorText())
        jws.DisposeJws()
        return
    }

    //  Get the JWS payload as raw bytes into a BinData.
    bdPayload := chilkat.NewBinData()
    success = jws.GetPayloadBd(bdPayload)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(jws.LastErrorText())
        jws.DisposeJws()
        bdPayload.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Payload is ", bdPayload.NumBytes(), " bytes.")

    jws.DisposeJws()
    bdPayload.DisposeBinData()